lemlist vs HeyLeads

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Updated October 2026 · Based on lemlist's public website and help center

The short answer

lemlist is a multichannel sales engagement platform built around cold email, with LinkedIn, WhatsApp, calls and a B2B lead database. lemlist starts at $109 per user / month (Multichannel plan, needed for LinkedIn); HeyLeads is $79 per LinkedIn sender.

The difference is everything around the send. HeyLeads builds a campaign from one sentence, sends voice notes in your cloned voice with each lead's name spoken, branches on what a reply actually means (eight intents), rewrites your replies with AI, and pulls both reactors and commenters off any LinkedIn post with its Chrome extension.

lemlist is ahead today on email sequences and deliverability tools built in, built-in 600M+ contact database with email and phone finder, LinkedIn InMail steps and extra channels: WhatsApp, calls, SMS. If those matter most, it is a fine choice. If LinkedIn is your channel and you want AI doing the work around the send, HeyLeads does more.

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Feature by feature

	lemlist	HeyLeads
Price
Price	✓LinkedIn needs Multichannel: $109 per user/month, $87 billed yearly. Email-only plan $69.	✓$79 per LinkedIn sender / month ($72 quarterly, $64 yearly). $999 for 25 senders, $2,999 unlimited
Finding leads
Leads from a LinkedIn post	Not advertised. Chrome extension imports profiles, LinkedIn search and Sales Navigator results.	✓Reactors and commenters, right on the post, filtered by reaction, showing who's already in your lists
Sales Navigator and LinkedIn search	✓Imports from Sales Navigator via Chrome extension, up to 2,500 leads per import.	✓Sales Navigator searches and lists, LinkedIn search, event attendees
Imports and integrations	✓CSV, Chrome extension, 600M+ contact database, HubSpot/Salesforce/Pipedrive, API and MCP.	✓CSV up to 50,000 rows, Clay, RB2B, HubSpot, Zapier, Make, n8n, API
Email enrichment	✓Built-in email and phone finder with waterfall enrichment; extra credits sold as add-on.	—Not built in (most teams connect Clay)
AI
Build a campaign	✓AI Copilot builds full multichannel campaigns from a single prompt.	✓Describe it in one sentence; AI drafts every step, wait, branch and A/B variant AI
Voice notes	✓Recorded, AI-cloned and AI-generated LinkedIn voice messages from a script with variables.	✓Clone your own voice; every lead gets a separate note with their name and company spoken AI
Branch on replies	—Conditions on lead data and actions (accepted invite, opened, clicked, booked); no reply-meaning branching advertised.	✓Branch on what the reply means: interested, meeting booked, question, referral, not now, opt-out AI
Reading and writing replies	✓Positive reply detection flags interested replies and meeting requests.	✓Replies sorted into eight intents; AI rewrite in five styles AI
Sending and safety
Where it runs	Cloud web app, but LinkedIn steps need its Chrome extension and a logged-in browser session.	✓Cloud. Runs 24/7 with your computer off
Multiple LinkedIn senders	✓Multichannel lists 5 senders per user; help center says one LinkedIn account per lemlist account.	✓Unlimited senders, least-loaded rotation, each lead sticks to one sender
Account limits	✓Daily caps per LinkedIn action, invite ramp-up, human-like delays. No weekly cap setting.	✓Daily and weekly caps on six actions, warm-up, working hours per time zone, random gaps, escalating cool-off
IP per account	Not advertised for LinkedIn; runs through your browser session.	✓A dedicated, sticky IP per account; never shared
A/B testing	✓A/B tests on emails and whole sequences; LinkedIn-message-only tests not documented.	✓Connection notes, messages and voice scripts
InMail	✓InMail step in sequences when a connected account has LinkedIn Premium.	—Coming soon
Email sequences	✓Full cold email sequences with warm-up and deliverability tools; email is its core product.	—LinkedIn only; syncs with Smartlead, Instantly and EmailBison
Inbox and agencies
Unified inbox	✓Unified inbox on Multichannel plan.	✓All accounts in one inbox, plus snoozes, shared drafts, snippets and ⌘K shortcuts
Agency workspaces	✓Separate workspaces and team permissions for client work; no dedicated agency plan.	✓Client workspaces, Master View, free client viewer seats
White-label	—No white-label client portal (stated on lemlist's own comparison page).	—Not yet
Developers and AI agents
API and MCP	✓Public REST API and an official MCP server (OAuth or API key).	✓REST API, MCP server, CLI, Node and Python SDKs
Webhooks	✓Webhooks for email and LinkedIn events, up to 200 per workspace.	✓Signed, with retries and a delivery log

lemlist details come from www.lemlist.com and its help pages as of October 2026. Features change; tell us if something here is out of date and we'll fix it.

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Five things lemlist doesn't do.

Branches that read replies

"Talk to Sam, she owns this" becomes a referral. "Try me in March" waits until March.

Extension

Commenters, not just likers

The people who comment on a competitor's post are the warmest list in your market. One click, and they're in a list.

Rewrite any reply

Five styles in the inbox. Your reply goes out sounding like you on a good day.

Keyboard

⌘K everything

Clear an inbox of 50 replies without touching the mouse: E done, H snooze, Z undo.

Safety

Weekly caps and a dedicated IP

Daily and weekly limits on six actions, a warm-up ramp, working hours per time zone, and an IP no one else uses.

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Bring everything over in an afternoon.

Step 1Bring your leadsExport any campaign's leads as CSV from the Leads list (name, email, company, LinkedIn URL, custom variables), or pull them via the lemlist API. Upload it to HeyLeads: up to 50,000 rows, deduplicated by LinkedIn identity.

Step 2Connect your LinkedIn accountsFrom the HeyLeads Chrome extension. Each account gets its own dedicated IP and a warm-up ramp.

Step 3Describe your first campaignAI builds it from a sentence. Point your Zapier, Make or n8n flows at HeyLeads webhooks and you're live.

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lemlist vs HeyLeads: FAQ

Is HeyLeads a good lemlist alternative?

Yes, if LinkedIn is your main channel. HeyLeads finds leads in LinkedIn post engagement and Sales Navigator, sends from unlimited LinkedIn accounts on a cloud platform, and adds AI at every step: campaigns built from a sentence, voice notes in your cloned voice, AI branching on what replies mean, and AI reply rewriting.

How does lemlist pricing compare to HeyLeads?

Email plan $69/month ($55 yearly, no LinkedIn); Multichannel with LinkedIn $109 per user/month ($87 yearly); Enterprise custom; 14-day free trial. HeyLeads is $79 per LinkedIn sender per month ($72 quarterly, $64 yearly), $999 a month for 25 senders, or $2,999 a month for unlimited senders.

What does lemlist have that HeyLeads doesn't?

Today, email sequences and deliverability tools built in, built-in 600M+ contact database with email and phone finder, LinkedIn InMail steps and extra channels: WhatsApp, calls, SMS. HeyLeads is focused on LinkedIn; for email, it syncs with Smartlead, Instantly and EmailBison, and most teams use Clay for enrichment.

Can I move my leads from lemlist to HeyLeads?

Export any campaign's leads as CSV from the Leads list (name, email, company, LinkedIn URL, custom variables), or pull them via the lemlist API. HeyLeads imports CSVs of up to 50,000 rows and deduplicates them by LinkedIn identity.

Which is safer for my LinkedIn accounts?

HeyLeads uses daily and weekly caps on six actions, a warm-up ramp for new accounts, working hours in each account's time zone, random gaps, an escalating cool-off when LinkedIn pushes back, and a dedicated IP per account that is never shared. No tool can promise LinkedIn never notices.

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